A guide to San Antonio Book Festival sessions

10am: Silvia Moreno-Garcia will discuss her latest book "Silver Nitrate," a thriller about a curse that haunts a legendary lost film.

• Location: Coates Chapel.

11am: Justin Torres will speak about "Blackouts," which won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction.

• Location: Latino Collection Resource Center.

12pm: Poets Edward Vidaurre and C.L. "Rooster" Martinez will talk about barrio life in San Antonio and beyond, as represented in their books.

• Location: East Terrace.

1:10pm: A children's session where Adriana M. Garcia and Xelena González will read from "Remembering," about Día de los Muertos and pets.

• Location: H-E-B Children's Gazebo.

2:30pm: San Antonio Stories Worth Repeating, a collection of tales from Texas Public Radio's live storytelling series "Worth Repeating."

• Location: Swartz Room.

2:30pm: The Future of Highways in America, featuring Austin-based journalist Megan Kimble in conversation with Express-News columnist Gilbert Garcia.

• Location: Hawn Holt Family Auditorium.

3:15pm: Poet, essayist and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib in discussion with San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye.

• Location: Russell Hill Rogers Tent.

4:30pm: Cary Clack, a member of the Express-News Editorial Board, will speak about his new collection of columns titled "More Finish Lines to Cross: Notes on Race, Redemption, and Hope."

• Location: Hawn Holt Family Auditorium.

Find the full schedule online.

What to expect: Immediately after the sessions, authors hold signings in the book sales tent in the main Festival Marketplace.

• You must purchase the book at the festival's tent through Nowhere Bookshop to have your copy signed.

If you go: The festival is free, but parking at the Central Library garage costs $5 on Saturday.

• You can find nearby free parking lots listed online.